Sgt. Donald Brown with Eufaula police say when the call is returned, you're then charged a big amount per minute rate fee.

"In the event that happens check your personal stuff like your bank account and stuff like that. Hopefully, you won't give them your bank account number or your credit card number over the phone without knowing them or someone who you can trust. In the event that you do do that and feel like you've been a victim of that scam by all means you want to call your local police agency and let them do a report for you if it's in your jurisdiction," says Sgt. Brown.

Sgt. Brown also says that many times scammers live outside the jurisdiction so it makes it hard for police to arrest the suspects.

If you receive a call from an unknown number that is not stored in your phone, simply do not answer it.

Lastly, if you just can't stand to let a call go unanswered, never give personal information on a call that you did not initiate.